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"RIP Charlie Kirk I hope many more debate nerds carry on his quest to engage young people with words, not fists." If this statement - a urge to engage in peac

by lukan 2mo ago

"RIP Charlie Kirk I hope many more debate nerds carry on his quest to engage young people with words, not fists." If this statement - a urge to engage in peaceful debate, not violence - makes you hate him, then I see the problem rather with you. I mean seriously, do you like civil war? Because this is what happens when people don't talk anymore about their disagreements, but physically fight.

latexr 2mo ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkKo1_RP_0c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkKo1_RP_0c
- lukan 2mo ago
  Mildly funny, but not sure what your point is here?
inigyou 2mo ago
The problem is that it's urging you to use words against people who are using fists. That is, it's urging you to self-sabotage and lose. It's quite possible the statement was written by a naive person who doesn't realise this. Lots of people don't realise this.
- lukan 2mo ago
  Hm. Charlie Kirk was not urging people to use fists as far as I know.
  - inigyou 2mo ago
    Well, if you want to be more pedantic, he urged people to use guns, and that's worse.
    - lukan 2mo ago
      And where exactly?
KingMob 2mo ago
Charlie Kirk literally formed a campus watch group to police professor's speech. He had *zero* real commitment to free speech. Which makes Kling (and you), either too ignorant to proffer an opinion, or deliberately duplicitous.